I don't think drugs or the war on drugs is what's going to bring this country down. I don't care for drugs as recreation, but I think anyone who is diagnosed with a terminal disease or in your case severe uncontrollable pain should be given a free pass to do what ever you have to do, as long as it doesn't cause pain to others. That's how I feel.
Those that make the laws don’t feel that way. Just read some of these threads......alcohol and nicotine and prescription drugs have done more to destroy lives than pot could do in thousands of years.